Improvement in constructing flat chains for bracelets



No. 41,175. PATENTED JAN 5, 1864. J OHRISTL.

GONSTRUGTING FLAT CHAINS FOR BRACELETS.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOSEF CHRISTL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTING FLAT CHAINS FOR BRACELETS.

Specification forming part of Leters Patent N0. 1 I. I 75, dated January 5 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, J OSEF CHRISTL, of Newark, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Flat Chains for Braceletsand other Jewelry; and I do hereby declare that "the following is a full,elear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this 513661- fication, in which- Figure 1 is a face view of such improved chain; Fig. 2, a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a

long tudinal section, thereof; and Fig. 4,.a,

cross-section of a modification. All the drawings are represented on an enlarged scale.

That my said invention may be clearly understood and distinguished from other things before known, I will in the first place describe the manner in which tlat chains for this purpose have heretofore been constructed, referring for this purpose to Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.

In the first place fine wire is coiled in theform of helices, and after a number of these have been formed they are interlocked by screwing one into the other, as represented in Fig. 5, and drawn as far apart as practicable, as shown in the said figure, and in that condi- Lion, hey, are flattened by being passed between rollers to bring them into the condition represented in Fig. 6, and in this condition the chain is formed into bracelets and other ornamental articles.

In making my improved chainsI use chains two narrow chains, a a, as above described, I .make a chain in the mannerfirst above described of a. series of helices, as represented at c, Fig. 4, making itthicker along the edges,

so as to form longitudinal beads dd, and then 1 I cover such chain with a series ofi parallel bars bent around'the edges and over the heads (I d and secure them in place. The chain when made aslast described will be stronger and more massive than when made according to the example represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. \VhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the construction of ornamental chains for bracelets and other articles of jewelry, isl v The combination of the crossbar-s with the chain or chains to which they are attached, and which are made substantially as herein described.

JOSEF OHR-ISTL.

Wit nesses:

WM. H. BIsHoP, A. DE LAQY.

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